Download or read book The Community Ecology of Sea Otters written by Glenn R. VanBlaricom and published by Springer. This book was released on 1988 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sea otter foraging habits and effects on prey populations and communities in soft bottom environments; effects of foraging by sea otters on mussel dominated intertidal communities; kelp communities and sea otters; effects of sea otter foraging on subtidal reef communities off central California; fish populations in kelp forests without sea otters, effects of severe damage and destructive sea urchin grazing; effects of kelp forests on nearshore environments, biomass, detritus, and altered flow; sea otters and nearshore benthic communities.